Westmont College Owed A Public Apology: School Was Savaged by the Way Sheriff Brown Handled Tuesday's New Conference

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown should have known better. At Tuesday’s news conference in which he announced that a multi-agency investigation had determined the cause of the Tea Fire, Brown described the suspects as “ten young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 who all attended the same school. For whatever reason known only to Brown and perhaps those close to the investigation, he declined to answer any further questions regarding those involved other than to say there were both males and females in attendance at the Tea Garden bonfire party. more